“Keep on tellin’ me about the good life, Elton, because it makes me puke.”
Five Easy Pieces (1970) follows a drifting oil rig worker whose blue-collar life conceals his past as a gifted classical pianist from an affluent family. After learning his father has suffered severe strokes, he travels to his family home in Washington with his girlfriend and confronts the emotional and social divide between his past and present. This drama blends road-movie realism, psychological alienation, and character study while examining identity, class conflict, and emotional disconnection.
Selected disc options for Five Easy Pieces
| Extras | Criterion BD-A/US 2010 |
|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Director Bob Rafelson and interior designer Toby Rafelson | has extra |
| BBS: A Time for Change | has extra |
| BBStory: An American Film Renaissance | has extra |
| Soul Searching in “Five Easy Pieces” | has extra |
| Director Bob Rafelson at AFI | has extra |
| Teaser Trailer 1 | has extra |
| Teaser Trailer 2 | has extra |
| Theatrical Trailer | has extra |
Notes
- Criterion’s Blu-ray is included in the “America Lost and Found: The BBS Story” box set. It includes a 114-page booklet. Reissued separately (2015/06/30).
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